Weather Authority: Sloppy road conditions on Thursday
Marie to North Bay will likely see several centimetres of snow before precipitation changes to rain Thursday night. Snow of 3-5 inches was anticipated overnight Wednesday and another 3-5 inches is possible during the day Thursday.

North Korea ordered to pay $500M to family of Otto Warmbier
The lawsuit was brought on the Warmbiers' behalf by Richard Cullen, a prominent Virginia lawyer and former United States attorney. Howell added that Warmbier's testimony in North Korea appeared to be staged and that he had been forced to memorize the words.

Mostly sunny to partly cloudy Christmas Eve
But Scott says Edmonton, Winnipeg and Regina are guaranteed to get some kind of white Christmas as snow is already on the ground. Showers are going to move out Friday morning and temperatures will drop! Christmas Eve: Any snow ends by mid to late-evening.

US says 8-year-old Guatemalan boy dies in immigration custody
Jakelin and her father Nery Gilberto Caal Cuz were taken into custody on December 6 after crossing the border into New Mexico. The father and son were not identified, and the agency said it would release more details "as available and appropriate".

Here’s a list of stores and restaurants open on Christmas
Gentry says she finds great deals and sales the days leading up to the holidays so she makes sure to save her shopping. In Hunt Valley on Christmas Eve morning, shoppers shuffled, bags bustled, and procrastinators checked off their lists.

Man United coach anticipates upcoming back-to-back wins
For most of the first half on Wednesday, Solskjaer stood on the touchline pointing forward, and the message was clear enough. He added: "I'm spending time with the players of course, and trying to get as much time with each individual as possible.

Stores offering deals, staying open late on Christmas Eve
Oriental Jade is open until 9:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve , and will have a special buffet from noon to 8 p.m. on Christmas Day . On Christmas Eve, the stores will open at 9 a.m. near you, and then close at 5 p.m.in your local time.

Dow rallies, closes up more than 1,000 points

NY stocks had hurtled higher in post-Christmas trade yesterday, following strong data and White House reassurances that Powell would remain in his post. Bank of America, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs slipped more than 1 percent as the yield on the the 10-year Treasury fell to 2.76 percent from 2.79 percent. "The recent selloff reflected fears of an impending recession which were blown away today by Amazon and other retailers reporting a record holiday selling season".

Kevin Hassett, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said yesterday that U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's job was not in jeopardy. All three benchmarks advanced by at least 5 per cent. Rallies in retail and energy shares led the gains, as NY recovered the losses suffered in the previous session.

WALL STREET JUMP: On Wednesday, U.S. markets snapped a four-day losing streak and clocked their best day in more than 10 years. Shares of Wayfair, Kohl's and Dollar General all rose at more than 6 percent. Nasdaq rose 5.8pc or 361 points to 6,554.

USA stock markets struggled to build a post-Christmas rally on Wednesday morning, recovering some of the ground they lost after their worst ever performance on Christmas Eve. "They have record kinds of numbers".

The S&P 500 index fell 44 points, or 1.8 percent, to 2,423 as of 12:55 p.m. The Dowclosed down 653 points. Wednesday through Friday are normal trading days. All 30 Dow members gained, with Nike and Apple rising more than 7 percent. Mnuchin had come under attack over the weekend for holding a call with top bank CEOs to discuss liquidity. The put call ratio - a measure for downside protection against a stock market decline - reached the highest level since at least 2003 Thursday, pointed out SunTrust Chief Markets Strategist Keith Lerner. "If you net today and Monday out, it doesn't tell you anything new".

The firm said investors should expect more volatility and attributed the unease to "chaos in Washington", as well as the Federal Reserve's decision to stick to plans for gradual interest rate increases despite the recent stock turmoil.

"We have started to see the yen regain its place as the safe haven of choice", MUFG's Hardman said. "They're raising interest rates too fast; that's my opinion". At the same time, it's not a real shocker that the president is not too happy that the Fed made a decision to jack up interest rates again. "We can assess the fundamental drivers, such as poor global economics, the Fed not altering its forward guidance or providing flexibility to the pace of balance sheet normalization, and ascertain nothing has really changed here", he added. "So while there is a minority view that stocks would rally if Powell were to be replaced, I believe it would cause a serious sell-off because of what it represents". "The Fed is like a powerful golfer who can't score because he has no touch - he can't putt!"